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"Ought" in interrogative sentences.



 
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"Ought" in interrogative sentences. #1 (permalink) Thu Jan 06, 2011 20:52 pm   "Ought" in interrogative sentences.
 

Hello,

Take this sentence: "this is what you ought to know".
Can I turn it into a question like this:
What do you ought to know?

Or is there a better way from a native speaker's standpoint?
Also, do native speakers use "ought" often in interrogative sentences, or do they make do with "should"?

Thanks!
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"Ought" in interrogative sentences. #2 (permalink) Thu Jan 06, 2011 21:41 pm   "Ought" in interrogative sentences.
 

What ought you to know?
This is what you ought to know.

What should you know? <-- far more commonplace than the above question, as you seem to realise.
This is what you should know.
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"Ought" in interrogative sentences. #3 (permalink) Thu Jan 06, 2011 22:16 pm   "Ought" in interrogative sentences.
 

Thank you, Bev.
Now it's clear to me.
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"Ought" in interrogative sentences. #4 (permalink) Thu Jan 06, 2011 22:50 pm   "Ought" in interrogative sentences.
 

Is it? Corrrrr! Can you explain it to me then, please? ;D

(Seriously... glad to help.)
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"Ought" in interrogative sentences. #5 (permalink) Thu Jan 06, 2011 23:01 pm   "Ought" in interrogative sentences.
 

Beeesneees wrote:
Is it? Corrrrr! Can you explain it to me then, please? ;D

Explain? Explain? Explain??? Now you got me (I'm so up the creek without a paddle)!
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Re: "Ought" in interrogative sentences. #6 (permalink) Thu Jan 06, 2011 23:10 pm   Re: "Ought" in interrogative sentences.
 

Are there any of these questions below that do not carry any sense?

What should you know?
What ought you to know?
What will you know?
What shall you know?
What would you to know?
What must you know?
What can you know?
What could you know?
What may you know?
What might you know?

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Re: "Ought" in interrogative sentences. #7 (permalink) Thu Jan 06, 2011 23:23 pm   Re: "Ought" in interrogative sentences.
 

E2e4 wrote:
Are there any of these questions below that do not carry any sense?
Thanks


What should you know?
What ought you to know?
What will you know?
What shall you know?
What would you to know? <-- What would you know?
What must you know?
What can you know?
What could you know?
What may you know?
What might you know?
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Re: "Ought" in interrogative sentences. #8 (permalink) Thu Jan 06, 2011 23:39 pm   Re: "Ought" in interrogative sentences.
 

Beeesneees wrote:
What would you to know? <-- What would you know?


1. What would you to know?

2. What would you like to know?

Is the only the second one correct?

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Re: "Ought" in interrogative sentences. #9 (permalink) Fri Jan 07, 2011 0:17 am   Re: "Ought" in interrogative sentences.
 

E2e4 wrote:
1. What would you to know? <-wrong

2. What would you like to know? <-correct

Is the only the second one correct?

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The first one is wrong because "would" is used with bare infinitives only.

What would you know?
You would know that.
You wouldn't know that.

The second one is correct.
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